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. 2020 Sep 24;11:572634. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.572634

TABLE 2.

Percentage of human plasma samples with target cytokines below the LLoD using the Luminex (LMX) and Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) multiplex assays.

Shared analyte LMX% Missed MSD% Missed LMX and MSD% Missed
GM-CSF 5.4 56.8 5.4
IFN-γ 9.7 6.5 1.6
IL-1β 4.8 56.5 19.4
IL-2 3.2 62.9 17.7
IL-4 6.5 71.0 6.5
IL-5 21.6 5.4 0.0
IL-6 1.6 51.6 4.8
IL-7 8.1 0.0 0.0
IL-8 0.0 0.0 0.0
IL-10 6.5 17.7 14.5
IL-12 p70 6.5 53.2 14.4
IL-13 22.6 25.8 4.8
IL-17 10.8 0.0 0.0
MIP-1α 54.1 0.0 0.0
MIP-1β 2.7 0.0 0.0
TNF-α 0.0 0.0 0.0

Bolded values signify that the target cytokine was undetected (below LLoD) in ≥50% of samples by the indicated platform.